A New Mexico family says they desperately want their murdered son's dog Lilly returned to them

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Updated: 2:25 AM EDT Apr 29, 2017

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WEBVTT EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SOLVETHEIR SON'S CASE AND,GET HIS DOGBACK.>> DOM WAS OUR ADVENTUROUS KID. NANCY: DOM CASILLO, THE SON OFALBUQUERQUE FIRE CAPTAIN DAVECASTILLO AND HIS WIFE DEBORAHLOVED TO TRAVEL.HE WAS SO ADVENTUROUS, DOM, HISBUDDIES AND HIS BELOVED 3 LEGGEDDOG LILLY SET OFF ON A ROADTRIP, THEY HEADED TO THEMIDWEST. >> HIS FAVORITE CHILDHOOSTORYBOOK WAS "THE ADVENTURES OFHUCKLEBERRY FINN." NANCY: DOMINIQUE'S DREAM WAS TOSEE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.HE PARTED FROM HIS FRIENDS, ANDHE AND LILLY WENT TO TENNESSEE.THE LAST PHOTO HE POSTED ONFACEBOOK WAS OF THE MIGHTYMISSISSIPPI, JANAURY 22ND.NO ONE HEARD FROM DOM AGAIN.HIS FAMILY PANICKED AND WORRIED.THEN A MARCH -->> A LETTER FROM MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE FORENSICS. NANCY: MEMPHIS POLICE SAYDOMINIC HAD BEEN STRANGLED TODEATH.HIS BODY FOUND IN A CREEKFEBRUARY 11.THE CASTILLO'S ARE DESPERATE FORANSWERS.THEY DID FIND OUT A FAMILY INMEMPHIS FOUND LILLY WANDERINGTHROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD.I TOLD HER THAT IS THE LAST IHAVE OF MY SON, THAT IS MY SON.THAT IS LIKE A PART OF MY CHILD.SHE SAID, YOUR SON IS DEAD.NANCY: THE WOMAN IN INDIANA WILLNOT GIVE LILLY UP.>> THAT IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT OFHIM.NANCY: THIS WEEK, THISHEARTBROKEN FAMILY BURIEDDOMINIC.THEIR LAST HOPE IS TO FIND THEIR

Family desperate to bring murdered son's dog home

A New Mexico family says they desperately want their murdered son's dog Lilly returned to them

His parents, Dave and Deborah Castillo, said he loved to travel. He was so adventurous, Dominic, his buddies and his beloved three-legged dog, Lilly, set off on a road trip and headed to the Midwest.

“His favorite childhood storybook was the 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,'” Dave said.Dominic’s dream was to see the Mississippi River. He parted from his friends, and he and Lilly went to Tennessee.

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The last photo he posted on Facebook was of the mighty Mississippi on Jan. 22. But no one heard from Dominic after that.

His family began to panic and worry. Then in March, Memphis police said Dominic had been strangled. His body was found in a creek Feb. 11.

The Castillo’s are now desperate for answers. They found out a family in Memphis found Lilly wandering through a neighborhood. They took her to the Humane Society. Lilly had been adopted by a woman in Indianapolis, Indiana, in March.

When Dominic’s mother called the woman to get Lilly back to Albuquerque, the woman said no.

"I told her she’s my son's, that's the last I have of my son. That is my child and like a part of my child. But she said, ‘Your son's dead,’” Deborah said.

This week, the heartbroken family buried Dominic. Their last hope is to find their son's killer.